Gerhard Chess
Gerhard Schach (born March 8, 1906 in Berlin- Hirschgarten; † April 30, 1945 in Berlin) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). Among other things, he served as deputy Gauleiter of Berlin during the last phase of World War II.
Live and act
After attending the Königstädtisches Gymnasium , Gerhard Schach was trained at the higher technical school for textile salesmen.
On August 1, 1928, Schach joined the NSDAP, where he took over the post of district leader . In 1932 he was appointed Gauinspector II of Berlin. In February 1934 he was also given the duties of a district organization manager for the Berlin district.
From 1933, Schach belonged to the Prussian state parliament for a few months . After the dissolution of this body in autumn 1933, he became a member of the National Socialist Reichstag , where he represented constituency 3 (East Berlin) from November 1933 until the end of Nazi rule in spring 1945. Schach was also councilor of the city of Berlin for the Horst-Wessel-Stadt district from 1935 to 1945 and a member of the National Socialist Motor Vehicle Corps , in which he achieved the rank of Oberführer in 1940. From 1937 to 1941 he was head of organization in the Greater Berlin district .
During the Second World War, Schach was appointed Gauamtsleiter of the Gauleitung of Greater Berlin in 1942 and was promoted to the rank of Oberdienstleiter of the NSDAP on January 30, 1943. On February 10, 1944 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Sword.
In February 1944, Schach, in his capacity as Gauinspector of Berlin, was instructed by the Berlin Gauleiter Joseph Goebbels to work out a bunker construction program for the Berlin population that would offer 800,000 people protection from air raids in new large bunkers and tunnels in the area around Kreuzberg . In the same year, Schach played a role in the suppression of the attempted coup of July 20, 1944 : On this day, Schach brokered a conversation between Goebbels and Lieutenant Colonel Hagen, which convinced Goebbels to establish direct contact with Otto Ernst Remer , the commander of the Berlin Guard Battalion, to search. As a result of this contact, the Nazi government initiated measures to suppress the uprising.
From 1944 to 1945 Schach served as deputy to the Gauleiter of Berlin , Joseph Goebbels . In this position he was part of the circle around Adolf Hitler in the Berlin Führerbunker during the last days of the Battle of Berlin in April 1945 , where he took part in some of the dictator's last briefings. He fell on April 30 in fighting in the underground S-Bahn station Berlin Stettiner Bahnhof .
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 .
- Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).
Web links
- Gerhard Schach in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Registry office Berlin-Mitte C No. 10311/1945.
- ↑ Handbook of the NSDAP Gaue 1928-1945 [1]
- ↑ Dietmar Arnold, Reiner Janick: Sirens and packed suitcases. Everyday bunker life in Berlin . 1st edition. LinksDruck, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-86153-308-1 , p. 84 .
- ↑ Ian Kershaw : Hitler. 1936-45 . 2000, ISBN 0-14-027239-9 , pp. 680 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chess, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1945 |
| Place of death | Berlin |